DBCreateWizard.exe fails with an Exception when run on a 64-bit OS

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Source: Microsoft Support

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Symptom

When you run the System Center Operations Manager 2007 DBCreatewizard utility on a 64-bit operating system you may receive the following BadImageformatException:

System.BadImageFormatException: Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Mom.UI.Wrappers, Version=6.0.4900.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. File name: 'Microsoft.Mom.UI.Wrappers, Version=6.0.4900.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' at Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Setup.DBCreateWizard.ManagementGroupPage.ButtonBrowse_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

Cause

When the DBCreateWizard and associated DLL's are copied from the SupportTools folder of the Service Pack 1 (SP1) media, the DLL's copied are not those for a 64-bit Windows OS. The associated DLLs include:

Workaround Information

Clicking Continue appears to succeed in creating the database without further issue but doesn't allow a reset of the security group to a non-default value. To fully resolve the issue, copy the associated DLL files from the Operations Manager installation folder on a x64/amd64 machine on which the Operations Manager 2007 SP1 Console is installed.

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